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PROGRAMMING NOTE from the Author and Archivist


So obviously I just stopped blogging on this platform. I'll get back to it eventually. Or not. I'm taking a break from all social media. It seemed necessary for my mental health.

The last few years have been busy and … challenging:

- 2015 Happened.
- 2016 Let's call it The Lost Year. (Obviously words failed me.)
- 2017 about broke me. Literally. Mentally.
- 2018 was ridiculous, proving 2017 was just a warm up. (Good thing I was already broken so it couldn't hurt as much.#2018TrashCanFire I thought things were going okay, but maybe not?)

- 2019 was such a blur. I know there were highlights, but then stuff happened and carried into the next year...

- And then in March#2020 really took a turn. Who can even categorize 2020? Do we dare?


I kinda want a do-over of some of the last few years. But life doesn’t work that way.


So for now, I'm hunkering down. Regrouping. Trying to stay safe and sort some stuff out.


Stay safe everyone. Stay well.

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Recipes from Aunt Flora -- Oatmeal Macaroons

Oatmeal Macaroons

4 cups rolled oats
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup white sugar
2 cups coconut
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup oil
3 eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla

Mix all dry ingredients together; then combine eggs, oils, and vanilla.
Drop by large spoonful onto greased cookie sheet.
Bake 12 minutes at 350 degrees. [or longer, depending on your oven.]
Watch carefully as the coconut burns easily.
Let cool on sheet before transferring to rake.

I have to say that these were a pain in the butt. I think macaroons, I think pyramid shaped coconut loveliness. So, I heaped my large spoonfuls onto my greased cookie sheet, only to see them spread out into each other and then not want to come off the sheet in one piece. I reduced the size of the spoonfuls and the number on the pan, and learned to let them cool before trying to pry them off the sheet.

Luckily for me -- they taste great (I know, I just HAD to eat the broken ones, and there were a LOT!) and the IT Department seems to prefer crispy cookies. They want crispy? VOILA!


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